Best of the Web 5/18/12
Another week, and some more great posts. Here are my favorites from the past 7 days. Mental Performance Blocks (gunnuts.net) - Caleb discusses a topic very near and dear to my heart. I think most of the time that I perform poorly it has more to do with overconfidence or psyching myself out … [Read More...]
Some Thoughts on Improving the Draw-stroke
One of the most practiced skills for any individual who carries a firearm for self-defense is the draw-stroke. After all, if you can't get the gun into the fight it is useless. Focusing on the draw-stroke in training also makes sense from a complexity standpoint. Drawing a firearm is one of the two … [Read More...]
Train Like It’s Your Last Day To Train
Every day of training tends to be a little different. Sometimes we work on precise skills, other times we work on strength or other physically demanding training. Some of these days are easy, and others are not quite so easy. One common thread ties all of these training sessions together. You … [Read More...]
Best of the Web 5/11/12
Another week, and some more great posts. Here are my favorites from the past 7 days. Priorities (pistol-training.com) - Todd touches on a point that I strongly agree with. Performance is good, but reliability needs to be there as well. I think this applies for both equipment and skills. … [Read More...]
Varied Instruction: Reducing the Toolbox
When studying to defend yourself, there is a trade-off to be made between depth and breadth of skills. How much do you specialize in your skills, and how many different skills do you need to be sufficiently prepared? The answer lies somewhere in between the two extremes. You need enough depth to be … [Read More...]
Do You Spend More Time on Specialized or Generalized Skills?
Every defensive skill can be placed into one of two categories, specialized skills and generalized skills. General skills are skills that apply in many situations or are foundational in that they are used as a basis for the specialized skills. The more situations a skill might apply to, the more … [Read More...]
Best of the Web 5/4/12
Another week, and some more great posts. Here are my favorites from the past 7 days. Training vs Experience (thetruthaboutguns.com) – The Truth About Guns republished an article from Active Response Training that points out that not all bad guys are untrained slackers; many in fact do have … [Read More...]
Are Long Range Skills Valuable For Self-Defense?
Most people will readily agree that if you are using a rifle for anything other than defending yourself in relatively close quarters, then it is probably not self-defense. Taking a shot at 300 yards is not easily construed as self-defense except for the most extreme of circumstances. The simple … [Read More...]
Traditional Martial Arts: A Strong Foundation
Over the past couple of weeks I've had a few opportunities to test some of my skills. First came a chance to practice the IDPA classifier with some of the IDPA guys at the range after a range cleanup day. While I'm certainly not a master class shooter quite yet, I did score pretty close to Expert. … [Read More...]
